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6. THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, NOVE3IBER 3, If. S. COURT SYSTEM . BHD OBSOLETE John C. Veatch Says Many Refons Are Needed. METHODS HELD ARCHAIC ! Retiring Prosecutor Suggests In ferior Tribunals to Take Care of Lesser Cases. The federal government must re vise its archaic legal and judicial system, a relic of the early days of the republic, if it is to continue to enact more national laws, said John C. Veateh, for almost five years an assistant in the office of the local United States attorney, who resigned his official position AVednesday. The prohibition law, the Harrison anti-narcotic act and the various statutes governing: offenses against interstate commerce have so clut tered up he work of the federal courts in the last few years that the government has little time for more important prosecutions . and citizens find difficulty in getting trial of civil cases. A system of federal courts of in ferior jurisdiction, similar to police courts of municipal governments and justice courts of states, is needed to dispose of the misdemeanors now brought before the regular federal courts for trial, he says. Especially in a state like Oregon, where wit nesses must be transported hun dreds of miles to appear before the court at Portland, is such a system needed." Little Progress I Made. Mr. "Veatch, the oldest prosecutor in point of service in the local fed eral office, entered the government service in February, 1918, as a spe cial war-time attorney. He has seen the volume of work in the federal court grow by leaps and bounds since the prohibition law became effective. "The federal system of justice in Oregon is about in the same posi tion as when the state was ad mitted to the union. But the laws have been increased a hundred fold," he said. "In the last few years we have seen the enactment of the prohibi tion laws, the various laws govern ing interstate commerce, the nar cotics acts, migratory bird acts, reg ulations governing use or gasoline boats, laws covering minor offenses on forest reserves and public lands. The majority of these new laws are " misdemeanors, calling for fine only, or a fine and a short jail sentence. Procedure Is Illustrated. "In Oregon, for instance, a man is arrested at Lakeview for violat ing the prohibition law. In winter witnesses have to be transported by way of Reno, Nev., to this city. They come to the grand jury hearing, are returned to their homes. They are called back for the trial and again returned at government expense. The defendant is found guilty and fined 200. The witness fees and expenses cost the government sev eral thousand dollars. "There has been considerable de mand for a statute that would ex tend to the various United States commissioners now holding offices in practically all important county seats the right to hear such cases and assess fines up to $500 and im pose jail sentences up to 60 days. System Would Be Economical. "Such a system would prove eco nomical to the government, provide a speedier and less costly means of trial for the accused and do away with the necessity of dragging wit nesses away from their homes and spending a week or so in attendance at court or the grand jury. It would make the prohibition law far more effective, in that prosecutions now brought before state and city courts could be carried before a federal commissioner. "Punishment for first offenders could be dealt out by the commis sioners; in cases where men con tinued to violate the prohibition law indictments could be secured in the federal court' and the prosecu tion conducted as a felony. "Of course, if such a system is adopted all acts of the commission ers would be subject to appeaj to the district court. The plan that has been proposed gives the commis sioner no power in civil matters." According to Mr. Veatch, the work now conducted by the United States attorney in Portland has trebled in the last three years. And of this work at least a half arises out of violations of the prohibition law, he said. "When I came into the United States attorney's office in 1918 the highest file number of a case was 1800 meaning that 1800 cases had been handled since the court was established. The highest number is now 5100, showing that in the last five years twice as many prosecu tions have been conducted as in the whole history of the court. "The federal government will con tinue to enact more laws, especially regarding interstate commerce. With our complex system of civili zation there are affairs rising everj day that cannot be regulated by the individual state. So, if the govern ment enacts more statutes it must also provide a system of handling prosecutions arising out of the vio lation of such laws. My opinion is that the answer lies in the creating of a system of inferior federal courts." Mr. Veatch on leaving office im mediately joined the law firm of Joseph, Haney & Littlefield. TAX redijgtW cited MR. McARTHCR SPEAKS AT . REPUBLICAN RALLIES. Representative Principal Talker at Meetings in Brooklyn and , Richmond Schools. Republican rallies at which Repre sentative McArthur was the prin cipal speaker were held Wednesday at the Brooklyn and Richmond schools. Mr. McArthur went into detail as to the operation of the new national budget law and quoted figures showing that the national debt has been reduced by more than $1,700,000,000 since President Hard ing's inauguration on March 4, 1921 He also explained that the annuai operating expenses of the govern ment were $1,743,319,789 less during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922. than during the last previous fiscal year. "This rs the greatest reduction of public debt and public expenditures among; the nations of the world since tbs arnttatlce," eaid Mr. Mc Arthur. "Furthermore, the record shows that the present republican congress has appropriated one-third of a billion less for the curre'nt fis cal year than it did for the year ending June 30, 1922. The budget law, passed early in the life of the present congress, is largely respon sible for the splendid showing. This law is one of the greatest pieces of constructive legislation ever passed and its successful operation is ma terially reducing the burden of tax ation and the public debt. "When the present congress met in special session last year, it set out to reduce taxes. , Departmental estimates were cut to the bone and carefully scrutinized by General Dawes, director of the , budget bu reau. Further reductions were made by congress." OIL BUBBLE DEATH CAUSE JOE RECTOR QUITS MEXICO, DIES OX FARM. Father of Reputed Kansas City Heiress Cheated by Friend of "Bad Land" Days. MUSKOGEE, Okla. Humiliation and grief over the deception of Jim Manuel, negro, whom he knew when both were poor "bad land" farmers near Muskogee, were ad vanced here as having been re sponsible for the death of Joe Rector, father of Sarah Rector, well-to-do Creek freed girl, who died on a train near Dallas. Manuel, while in the state peni tentiary at Jefferson City, Mo., for forgery, told Rector that oil had been discovered near a piece of land he owned near Tampico, Mexico, and that his land was worth $40,000,000 Rector, having seen the magic of oil raise his own family from pov erty to millions, credited the story. But Rose, his wife and Sarah's guardian, had possession of the fam ily money bags. She didn't want to put up the $8000 bond which authorities demanded if Manuel was to be paroled. But finally Joe per suaded her. The bond was made and with a couple of thousand dollars in ex pense money in his pocket, Joe started to Mexico with his old Mus kogee friend. Manuel had promised him half of the proceeds from his land for helping him out. When they got to Mexico, Rector found that Manuel's tale was a fab rication. The ex-convict vanished into the desert leaving Rector stranded. He telegraphed to Kansas City for money to get home. Sarah Rector, the death of whose father is mentioned in the above dis patch, lives at 2000 East Twelfth street, this city. The girl, credited with being an heiress in her own right with property holdings valued at $500,000, came tfl Kansas City al most two years ago from Muskogee, Okla. Sarah is the descendant of a Creek freedman who had a 160-acre land allotment upon which great quantities of oil later was discov ered. Manuel, as he is remembered, was a visitor in Kansas city for about six weeks in January, 1921. He was vis iting his cousin, Thelma Morrison. 802 Independence avenue. Manuel circulated freely along East Eigh teenth street in dazzling clothes, diamonds and taxicabs. His ample supply of money created quite a stir. Then came his arrest. He admitted embezzling $6000 from four differ ent banks in Oklahoma and Kansas. While in the penitentiary, Manuel suddenly announced he had received word from Mexico that oil had been discovered on his ranch. He showed letters from lawyers in Oklahoma advising him not to sell his rights for $40,000,000. He made a trip to Kansas City from Jefferson City Under guard to consult with "his lawyer friends here." Then came the parole and his disappearance. GASOLINE SALES BIGGER September Gain Is 21' Per Cent Over Year Ago. SALEM, Or., Nov. 1. (Special.) During September, 1922, gasoline sales in Oregon increased approx imately 21 per cent over those of September, 1921, according to a re port made by Secretary of State Kozer. The decline, as compared to August of this year, was only about 4 per cent. The tax paid to the state on the September sales amounts to $132, 149.55. Of this sum, $65,549.03 was produced by the. law of 1919, which provides for a rate of 1 cent a gallon on gasoline and one-half cent a gallon on distillate BRITISH LABOR BEATEN 148 Seats Declared Lost In Mu nicipal Elections. LONDON, Nov. 2 (By the Asso ciated Press.) The rout of labor was the feature of the municipal elections in a large number of bor oughs throughout England Wednes day. Up to-an early hour this morning the returns were incomplete, but it is significant that in 10 of London's 28 boroughs the completed returns show that labor lost 149 seats which had previously been held by labor itea, in some instances their repre sentatives being completely wiped out. Irish Fair Draws Crowd. An Irish fair and bazaar given Wednesday night in Hibernia hall by the Ancient Order of Hibernians and auxiliary was attended by more than 500. people. Rev. Eugene P. Burke of Columbia university made the opening address and the pro gramme included Gaelic figure dancing by a group of children dressed in green, white and orange. Booths representing the provinces of Ireland were decorated with American and Irish colors. Phone your want ads to The Oregonian, Main 7070. jfsw 4tr jjj, l'm MINISTER PRAISES SCHOOL MEASURE Rev. E. I. Goshen Speaks at Lincoln Auditorium. MASONS HOLD MEETING Pastor From Salt Lake City De clares Ignorance and Big otry Are Menace. , That the compulsory school meas ure which appears on the ballot of the impending election must be passed by the voters of Oregon as a declaration of American principle and a defense of the public schools was the assertion of Rev. E. I. Goshen, pastor of the First Congre gational church of Salt Lake City, who spoke Wednesday night at Lin coln auditorium under the auspices of the Masonic order. "I do not have to make an appeal nor an apology," declared the speaker in his prefatory remarks. "Just common American citizenship is all that a man needs when he talks for the public schools." History Is Cited. Dr. Goshen delved into history for examples of national downfall through the twin perils of ignorance and bigotry, and in vivid phrases depicted the flight of freedom to the western continent and the establish ment of the American government. Vet, he said, despite the splendid traditions of the nation, American ism is not yet the common attribute of all. Foreign schools, foreign newspapers foster an aloofness from the true spirit of the land. "I watched," he said, "not long ago at a news stand, where working men were buying papers. Many of them scarcely could speak English to express their wants, others in dicated their choice by gesture. 'They are buying newspapers,' the propiretor told me, printed in their own particular language.' "The time has come when we must begin a movement with the govern ment at Washington to decree this: Read your German, French or Ital ian books at home, if you will, but your newspapers, printed in Amer ica, must be printed in the language cf America. This is not a local ques tion. It is a governmental quest'on, an American question. "The public school is the only meeting place where children can be taught the great principles of Americanism, and be molded into Americans. I say the public school is the only means to this end. It cannot be done in the church!" Newspapers Are Warned. ' The speaker expressed himself as greatly surprised to find, on his visit to Oregon, that a strong senti ment prevailed among the state newspapers against the compulsory school measure. Of this matter, he added, he would make no further public statement. It constituted something that should be discussed when there was no possibility of repertorial eavesdropping. But he predicted that a day will come when those newspapers vhich oppose the measure will have cause to regret their stand. Dr. Goshen was warmly applaud ed throughout his address, which plainly voiced the sentiments of the hundreds who had ventured abroad on a stormy night to greet the Salt Lake City pastor. , BEAUVAIS PLOT VICTIM Dynamite Used to Blow Up Home of Indian. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) MONTREAL, Quebec, Nov. 1. En emies of Fred Beauvais, co-respondent in the Stillman divorce case, attempted to revenge themselves during his absence iast week-end by blowing up his home on Caughna waga Indian reserve, Lachine, Que bec, with dynamite. The attempt failed, though some damage was done, and the provincial and federal mounted police are both now on the trail of a young Indian who made a hurried departure from the re serve and is thought to have made for Coteau Landing, where he- is outside the jurisdiction of the Iro quois chieftain. Chief Big Six Jocks of Caughnawaga. As a result of a, visit paid to the police authorities in Montreal by Chief Big Six a posse is being or ganized and will, make a thorough search of the Coteau district in the hope of trapping the runaway In dian, whose motive for the attempt ed outrage is a subject for specu lation amongst those interested In the Stillman co-respondent. JURY CONVICTS SLAYER Ex-Metliodist Preacher Guilty of First Degree Murder. . liott Padrick, youthful ex-Methodist preacner, was iouna guilty of first degree murder in connection with the killing of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mamie Lou Dixon; last June, the jury returning a verdict early tonight with a recommendation for mercy The verdict automatically carries a sentence oi me imprison ment. Thf. iitivs Vftrfllit uraa ...... ..V ...a after consideration of the case that lasted since 9 o clock this morning. CAT'S ESTATE IN COURT Eight Persons Are Fighting- Over $23,000 Left Pet, Now .Dead. BOSTON, Nov. 1. A cat having died. $25,000 Is thrown into the courts for disposition. Eighteen years ago Miss Ellen F. Barnard left her estate in trust for her pets seven cats, two dogs, two canaries, a parrot and a cockatoo. "Mewsy," a cat, survived all the rest, and stood in the way of succession to the estate by Mrs. Leslie Wood Bond, to whom it was to go on the death of the pets. Now, with the cat gone, eight nephews and nieces, cut off with $10 each, 'seek equal shares in the estate, contending that their aunt was of unsound mind and was in fluenced in making her will by Charles W. Bond, a lawyer, and by the subsidiary legatee, his wife. Trial of the contest began before a superior court jury today. KITTENS ALL CAME BACK Kind - Hearted Woman Spoils Carefully Laid Plans. Kansas City Star. A Jackson county farmer recently decided that his household possessed four nonessential cats. His children, however, did not agree with him; at least they would not consent to any fatal form of riddance. Finally a compromise was reached whereby the superfluous cats were to be ban ished taken far from home and left to look out for themselves. The children, however, insisted upon a conditional banishment. They de manded that the cats be placed where they could find a new home without too discouraging a search. So the next time the farmer had occasion to go to Kansas City the excess cats were sacked and loaded into the family flivver. About five miles from home he observed a fa vorable looking house. The most favorable feature at 'the moment was an apparently temporary ab sence of human occupants. The farmer preferred to make an un ostentatious presentation. -The string which bound ' the mouth of the sack was quickly un tied. Just before the slowly mov ing car came opposite the house the farmer lifted the sack and, leaning over the farther side of the car, poured the" contents of the sack out upon the highway. Then he "stepped on the gas." Returning home that afternoon the- farmer was seized with a feel ing of misgiving as he neared the scene of parting. He saw a woman signal . him to stop and he could think of no good excuse for ignor ing the signal. Simulating extreme perplexity he stopped the car. The woman approached and deposited a sack in the tonneau. "You lost your cats this .morn ing, mister. I happened to be look ing out the window when they tumbled from your car. They were a little wild, but we gathered them all up four of "em." . "Thank you," mumbled the owner of the cats as he drove on. He won dered how many grinning faces were watching him from the house. ACKER T0HANG DEC. 1 Arizona Murderer to Pay Penalty of Crime on Gallows. FLORENCE, Ariz. Terribly bea ten and with two knife wounds in his body Ive Enge of Phoenix was found June 12 lying unconscious in a little ravine eight miles south of Prescott. He was brought to Pres cott where he died nearly a month later. Through the efforts of a Pres cott newspaper man it was estab lished that Enge, accompanied by two men, had driven out of Pres cott in Enge's automobile Sunday, June. II. A search for the two men was immediately started and Will iam E. Acker was arrested in Los Angeles. Enge's car was found at Maricopa, where it had been aban doned. Acker was brought back to Pres cott where, sheriff's deputies claimed, he admitted that he had been present when Enge was atj tacked, but he insisted that the actual attack was committed by the "other man." Some time later Thomas W. Burge was arrested a"t Yuma, charged with being an accomplice of Acker in the murder of Enge. In the Yavapai county jail, officers asserted, Acker identified Burge as the "other man" who had beaten and stabbed Enge. The trial of Burge originally was set for September 25, but he ob tained a continuance and the case was then put on the calendar for the next jury term. Burge had steadily maintained that he had never heard of Enge and had never seen Acker until the two men confronted each other in the Yavapai county jail. Acker was tried and found guilty. He was sentenced to hang Decem ber 1. . , . Read The Oregonian classified ads. rSacscID. tm ?:.rifl. ms&, mam 'v.1 'r-L Hi itiWh ni-ati:. a M- ::::::::! r.: I Hji Jf'l.iw aV "li I -T , . mi 'iii rH IPs mii lit fflmfm I ! MB-T'mI 11- -r.l;. W .A" -t, T .fa - il LMUY I lull RHYME SELLS POLICIES ACTRESS LEAVES STAGE FOR INSURANCE BUSINESS. "Teasing" Prospects With Poetry Jingles Proves Great Idea for Getting Cash Returns. NEW YORK. Because the kalei doscope had turned for Frances Wright of New York, placing in the background all the beauty, glamour and fascination of the stage, and setting in the limelight the economic need of a stable profession as her companion in her second lap of life, she left the Btage, though a success ful actress; and entered the insur ance field. Miss Wright likes peo ple, likes hearing all about their troubles and working out a solu tion. It is this sympathetic interest that made her decide on insurance, hut. she did not discard her assets as an actress; she took along all the tricks of the trade except her make-up box. According to the old-time insur ance agent, insurance is a serious business, but Miss Wright, the mod ern type of "special agent," puts it all over the old-timers to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of Insurance a year, by going after the funny bone of her clients. She's read too many minds across the footlights to employ sob stuff. Instead of talking battle, murder and sudden death she "teases" her "prospect" by jingles and quips into taking up the most serious business in the world, that of providing for his kith or kin, or that other most unwelcome and dependent of poor relations, his own old age, which no amount of pleading, or coaxing, or buying off can keep away from his hearth. When she started in business sev eral years ago. Miss Wright sent out hundreds of letters and tons, of lit erature only to discover that other people possessed waste baskets" as voluminous as her own. Business over the phone proved unsuccessful also. She obtained clients, but her exertions were out of proportion to her income, and as she did all her own secretarial work, one busy month the calendar blotters that it is her custom to send out to "pros pects" each month were long over due and consequently out of date. She looked at the blotters dole fully. It meant a waste of some precious cash. But auto suggestion came to her rescue. "Why not," it said, "put yourself on a par with your clients and send out the blot ters with the confession, 'I, too, pro crastinate'?" Then Miss Wright wrote her first insurance jingle: This blotter reaches you a month too late. For I, like you, sometimes procrastinate. Don't call me down, but call me up or "wire. For every year Insurance rates go higher. And do not censure me for my neglect Until this little moral takes effect. The next morning Miss Wright was surprised to receive several rhymed replies. One was from not John D., but a close second, whom she had been trying' to reach for months and had been unable to on account of the cordon of office boys and secretaries that acted as body guard to his sacred person. Here is his answer: I got the point right off. you know. I guess I have been pretty slow. To put your plea in verse is fine. Phone me tomorrow, half past nine. The "special agent" gasped and her eyes opened with a baby stare to think that the "Street" should so far forget itself as to write jingles in office hours. Then she concluded that even the market has a funny bone and she went boldly after her policy and got it. It was' valuable, not only as a sale, but as a tip on the psychology of the street. AnotHer month this verse was clipped to the outgoing calendars advocating accident- and health in surance: Din?, dong, bell. Daddy isn't well. MuM he stay in bed? That's what doctor said. ; Won't it cost a lot? No, child, what a thought! For such a thoughtful dad is he He plans for each emergency. And though he's sick for months, we know Our bank account will not get lew. Daddy can be cheerful still His health insurance pays the bill! Ding, dong, bell. Daddy isn't well. The jingles that came in response to this were all by men and all in dicated a common destiny for them selves which they attempted to fore stall by taking out insurance. This typical answer, Miss Wright claims, is a thousand times better than her original verse: Dir.g, dong. bell. Daddy's gone to hell. He wouldn't stay in bed. Nor do as doctor said. 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France needed a tiger just then, for the menace of the German spy was threatening the nation's heart. Un able to shatter the armies that fought under the Tricolor, Germany was trying to win by fraud and de ceit. Everywhere German spies were plying their vile trade. Weak Frenchmen were being bribed to do Germany's work. The confidence of the people was being "undermined; the government seemed unable to catch the snakes. Soon the fear and uncertainty might spread to the brave soldiers at the front and then all would be lost. All his life he has been a fighter. All his life he has given his strength and" his brain and his energy to causes in which he believed. His strength and his energy seem to have been inexhaustible. Whatever he has done, whether as statesman, editor, teacher or physician, he has opecial DISTRIBUTORS 124 N Brondvray. 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But all the while Clemenceau had been learn ing. Each failure had taught him something he did not know before. From the ashes of his first three ffAakm of genuine Australian Kangaroo Boots ana Shoes for men and "women One friend meets another They walk together. They talk together. They pass a shoe store. Somehow, the conversation drifts to "shoes." One friend tells the other about a "make" of shoes he has worn for years. He praises. Hegives reasons. He knows. And he is anxious that his friend shall share in his "discovery." My friend, that is just the position we are in telling you the good things wzknow about Edwin Clapp Shoes and the good things our friends say about them. But we would prefer that a pair of Edwin Clapp Shoes should tell you the story. For men and women. Try one pair. Protzman Shoe Co. 108 Broadway, Portland, Or. ventures he fashioned his fourth newspaper. The fourth newspaper has proved a success. Purified Water Reduces Cholera. PETROGRAD. Cholera has been reduced to an almost negligible number of cases this summer in Fetrograd as a result of sanitary measures Invoked by the medical forces of the American relief ad ministration through purification of the city's water supply and the in oculation of 75,000 persons. Puri fication of the water by the intro duction of 250 tons of chloride of lime was made possible through funds furnished by the American Red Cross to the American relief administration. It is tne opinion of the medical men in the field that cholera and other summer diseases in Russia will be reduced to a mini mum in districts where it has been possible to carry on a preventive programme. -gS -